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Callan Boys thought Sydney might never have a hotel bar like London or NY. Until now

You know, the kind of place to take a lunch meeting or swing by for a martini, making you forget you’re going on to somewhere else. Plus, it has the most lavish chip in town.

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Chargrill Charlie’s has plans to open this new restaurant in Redfern

‘Unappealing chicken fumes’: Why you can’t eat outside at this Sydney restaurant

Concerns over noise, crime and the smell of roasting chooks were just some of the community gripes raised over an outdoor seating proposal.

  • David Barwell

Just 90 minutes from Sydney, you can relax in your own balcony bathtub with stunning views

Luxury lodges, lake-edge lolling, seaside stunners, glam-amid-grit CBD staycations and wine-country wonders: 16 great escapes in NSW.

The plans include a sports field and exercise tracks with lighting on the main routes to boost safety.

First look at the $50m plan to slice Moore Park golf course in half

Putt-putt and playgrounds are in the detailed proposal to shrink the championship length course to nine holes – a move golfers have stridently opposed.

  • Megan Gorrey
“Stairway to Heaven” sashimi selection.
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This 10-course omakase party has a ‘high strike rate of deliciousness’

From swordfish belly with finger lime to a sashimi selection on a glass stairway, R by Raita Noda knows how to coax and balance flavour. 

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Mervyn Bishop, Australia’s first Aboriginal press photographer, at Redfern Park where he captured then-prime minister Paul Keating’s famous speech. Bishop has donated his archive to the State Library of NSW, which is holding an exhibition from Saturday.

From the clothesline to the national spotlight, now a new home for iconic photographs

Mervyn Bishop is a groundbreaking force in photojournalism, and it all started in Brewarrina at a young age with slides and a sheet strung up on the clothesline.

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Kalamari tis skaras (grilled calamari).
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Like a long lunch in a glamorous Greek village.

Romato, olive crumb and anchovy pizza.
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Regina La Pizzeria

Pillowy pizza in wood-fired, pan-baked and fritta forms.

Stairway to Heaven.
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R by Raita Noda

Earnest omakase party.

Kangaroo tail sope.
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Lottie

Sun-splashed rooftop for margarita-charged long lunches.